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Whoa...interesting look. I look forward to seeing how this turns out and am interested in how you are doing it.

BTW, is that some adult content I see on the second floor? We might need a parental warning.

“When it’s over and you look in the mirror, did you do the best that you were capable of? If so, the score does not matter. But if you find that you did your best you were capable of, you will find it to your liking.” -John Wooden

It looks almost like mid-evil paintings seen through a shadow wall placed within an image of a castle?

“When it’s over and you look in the mirror, did you do the best that you were capable of? If so, the score does not matter. But if you find that you did your best you were capable of, you will find it to your liking.” -John Wooden

On re-reading I think you meant 2nd floor as from the top. Well, that's the royal bedchamber and that's the King - rather muscular with the left knee bent which accounts for the bulge and yes - he is totally alone in the room.

You're spot on on the look. The castle itself has 2 different layers with one layer cutout in certain places that have rooms for a different blend effect for the room layers.

I was looking at 2nd floor right hand side, looks like 2 people - one bent over the others lap with their rear end showing :O

“When it’s over and you look in the mirror, did you do the best that you were capable of? If so, the score does not matter. But if you find that you did your best you were capable of, you will find it to your liking.” -John Wooden

Forgot to mention that yes, I'm going for the medieval painting look - in particular the choice of textures for the rooms and the blending effects. I guess that's what's called impression painting because for the life of me I can't find the:

Originally Posted by Jaxilon

2 people - one bent over the others lap with their rear end showing :O

lol, I see it now....you have to watch those mid-evil tapestries you know, they can be a quite randy

“When it’s over and you look in the mirror, did you do the best that you were capable of? If so, the score does not matter. But if you find that you did your best you were capable of, you will find it to your liking.” -John Wooden